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Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

MRA, others, write to Nigerian President seeking accountability for...

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has partnered with five other Nigerian and international media freedom organizations to write a joint letter to President Bola Ahmed...
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Uganda  Digital Rights

AFEX condemns the escalating assault on fundamental freedoms ahead...

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As Ugandans prepare to head to the polls on January 15, 2026, the country finds itself gripped not by open democratic contestation, but by...
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Southern Africa  Freedom of Expression Violations

Governments in Southern Africa Intensify Crackdowns on Media During COVID-19

As the continent commemorates Africa Day on 25 May 2020, it is worrying that the majority of Southern African countries, typical of fragile states,...
Cote d'Ivoire  Freedom of Expression Violations

Cote d’Ivoire: Prison Officers Assault and Detain Journalist in Prison Cell

A journalist who had gone to a prison facility in Abidjan to interview a warden about allegations of extortion of prisoners by one of...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

IPC Demands Recall of Journalist Suspended over Facebook Post on Non-Payment of Salary

The International Press Centre Lagos has described as unjust and inhuman the suspension of Vivian Ottih, a lawyer and senior editor with the government-owned...
Uganda  Digital Rights

Uganda’s Social Media Tax Undermining COVID-19 Fight

Globally, in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), social media has played various roles, such as  filling information vacuums and providing...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

Police Arrest Six Journalists over Report on University

Police have arrested six journalists at Makerere University who had been invited to cover a story of foreign students who are still locked down...
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Liberian Police seize Journalist’s Phones and Demand Deletion of Live Video

Police in Monrovia have seized broadcast equipment belonging to the editor of the local daily and online publisher FrontPage Africa (FPA). National security forces executing...
Benin  Freedom of Expression Violations

MFWA, National Partners Petition ACHPR Special Rapporteur to secure the release of Beninois Journalist

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and its 15 National Partner organisations in West Africa have petitioned the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of...
Nigeria  Freedom of Expression Violations

MRA Calls on Nigerian Government to Ensure Safety, Release of Kidnapped Radio Presenter

Lagos, Wednesday, May 6, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned Monday’s abduction of Ms Chinenye Iwuoha, a presenter with the Pacesetter FM station...
NigeriaSenegal  Freedom of Expression Violations

Journalist Sacked over Suspected Coronavirus Infection, Another Sacked Over Coronavirus Report

Two journalists (from Senegal and Nigeria) have been sacked from their media outlets over coronavirus-related issues. In Senegal, a journalist with Le Soleil newspaper, Fatou...
Somalia  Freedom of Expression Violations

AFEX Condemns Murder of Journalist in Somalia

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the murder of journalist Said Yusuf Ali, of privately-owned Kalsan TV in Mogadishu, Somalia. On May 4,...
Freedom of Expression Violations

IPC Enjoins Government, Institutional Stakeholders to Ensure Safe Working Environment For Journalists and Media Practitioners

As the global society celebrates the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2020, the International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos, has reminded the Nigerian government and...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

Police Release Vision Group Journalist on Bond

Police in Kamuli released Gwebayanga Tom, a Vision Group Correspondent in Buyende district on 22nd April 2020 after spending a night in a police...
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